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"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."
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"The general instrument by which God interferes in the affairs of men is by the weapon of LIGHT."
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"The moment the light of your being becomes bright, darkness will melt away to reveal the brightness of your consciousness."
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"God himself is referring to Jesus as light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom."
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"It is very possible that the majority of a nation can choose darkness! Such fool nations learn the beauty of light through the unbearable and inconceivable pains!"
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"In the beginning..when ray and day hadn't yet come into existence at all, there was a kind of radiance that illuminates universe. That radiance is the light of knowledge and goodness. That radiance will persistently and consistently shines brightly even after all the stars and moons in this vast universe died out."
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"Only with a relationship with God, can you become light and hope for your country and the whole world."
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"It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light."
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"The three years following the release of See The Light were a whirlwind."
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"Where there is darkness, let me be the light. Where there is suffering, let me be kind and compassionate."
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"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
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"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."
Unity
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."
Resilience
"I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition--about what we can endure, dream, fail at and survive."
Life
"If it is true that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, isn't it also true a society is only as healthy as its sickest citizen and only as wealthy as its most deprived?"
Society
"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."
Inspirational
"The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance."
Character
"I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."
Wisdom
"When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich."
Creativity
"I found it hard to think of leaving my books. They had been my elevators out of the midden, and to whom could I entrust such close friends?"
Literature
"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before."
Gratitude
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